House building up 47% in Louth in first half of the year

The number of houses built in Co Louth in the first half of the year jumped by 47%, according to figures published in today’s Irish Independent.

The paper revealed that there were 193 new homes built in the county from January to June 2015.

Of this total 86 were one-off houses while the remainder were multiples.

The increase in Louth was the largest along the east coast, with the exception of Fingal which saw house builds jump by 102% in the first half of the year.

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Louth hurlers go down to Fingal in Nicky Rackard Cup

Louth hurlers went down to a 1-21 to 2-8 defeat to Fingal in Dundalk on Saturday, bringing their Nicky Rackard Cup dreams to a close.

The Wee County had made a dream start with goals from Andrew Mackin and Liam Dwan giving them a 2-3 to 0-2 lead after just 15 minutes.

However, a Paul McAllister goal saw the gap reduced to 2-5 to 1-7 at the break with Louth’s hopes badly hit by the dismissal of Darren O’Hanrahan two minutes after the restart with JM Sheridan’s dead ball skills helping the Dublin side to a comfortable victory in the end.

More than 4,400 on social housing waiting list in Louth

There are now 4,405 people on the social housing waiting list in Louth, according to new figures published by The Irish Times.

The newspaper contacted all 34 local authorities on their latest figures on the number of people waiting for council houses, with 21 responding.

Of the 21 who responded, only five local authority areas had a higher figure than Louth’s and each of those was in either Cork or Dublin, the two major population centres.

The report also found that this figure of 4,405 had increased by 16% in the last year, which shows that the problem is only worsening.

Despite this, that rise was only the second smallest nationally after Fingal (7.6%).